Talking-toy mechanism.



L. V. ARONSON.

TALKING TOY NIECHANISM. APPLxcATmN man @012.19143 1,140,648. PatentedMay 25, 1915.

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TALKINGTOY MECH'ANISM.

APPLICATION FILED pcT. 2, 1914.

Ll. Patented. May, 1915.

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To all whom 'may concern Be it known that i., Louis "i7 Accessori,

l a citizen ofthe United States, and a resitorily or become t tmodification.

dent of Newark, in Vthe county ci .Essex and State of New Jersey',l haveinvented certain new Iand useful improvements in Talmng- Toy Mechanism,ci 'which the following-is a` specification.

The invention .rela-tes to improvements in so-called talking toys, andmore particularly to mechanism for controlling the character of thesound to be emitted thereby.

.lt has for its object'to simplify such meehanism and reduceits cost,'as well as to renn der the said mechanism more positive in its actionand less likely isfac- Ythe rough treatin t character are gene ilysubjected;

A further object of tie invention is to make the mechanism compact inorder that the minimum amount ofspace will be required for the semeinthe |toys of which it isa part. l

The'nature oi the invention understood vwhen vdescribed. in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan of the'.improved mechanism adapted for emitting the,N desired sounds; and Fig. 2is a front elevation end Fig. 3 an end elevation thereof. Figs.

5 and 6' are similar views illustrating a Similar characters ofreference designate corresponding parte throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a bellows, 11 being thebasemember thereof and 12 the moi/able member,`the said members beingnormally held vin distended position by means of a spring 13, which maybe attached thereto within or without the bellows as is'well understood.The bellowsA is adapted .to be`V suitably secured in `position withinthebody of the toy (not shown) and the movable member actuated bypressing upon some portion of the toy, allA of which is well'understoodand :ternes no part of 'the present invention, which has for its objectthe control of the character and duration of the sound emitted when thesaid bellows is being compressed. To the upper 'surface of the movablemember 12 oi2 the bellows there is attached the usual reed pipe le and.which communicates with the interior thereof.

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`.tion as well as the particular succession of 'ein be best closed' bymeans of a flap 18,'v pivotally Patentedy May 25, 1915i gsplicatonveoctober 2, 191e. Seravla 861.19583.A

mounted up'on'the topA of said bon' 15 and acted upon by asuitablespring19. By opening this latter orice, through the mov@ ment of the 'saidfiap 18, the character of the sound emitted will be varied, asis wellunderstood; and the duration lof such variathe sounds may be controlledto suit the de y sired toy. To operate the said flap, the same isprovided with an arm 20 extending outwardly over the 'top surface of themovable member 12, although i'is to be understood that the apas well itsarm andthe actuating mechanism 'therefor hereinafter de* scribed, mightbe placed within the bellows. For convenience-however, it is preferredto place the same as shown. A flat slide or. control piece 21,l Figs. '1to 3, having intermediate raised portions or proJecticns 22 and '23, isadapted to rest upon the\upper surface of the said member 12; and at oneof its ends it is attached bylmeans of a spring 24 Ato' thesaid member..The other end of the slide 21 is secured tothe lower or base member llby means of, a non-rigid connection; such as a cord 25 or the likepassing over 'he .end of member 12 and which cord may be'gnitablyfguided by a staple 26 or the like.

. attached to the said movable member. The

@no end of the said reed pipe extends into' slide 21'is arranged on themember 12 to pass under the arm 20 in order to permit the latter tocoperate with the raised portions 22 and 23 as the slide is moved. Suchmotion of the slide is obtained when the bel- .lows arecompressed, forthe slack thus prothe spring 24:' at theother end of lthe slide,

-duced in the cord '25 will be taken up by causing the said slide to-bedrawn in the direction ofthe said spring, as indicated in `dotted lines,Figf2. Slide 21, or rather protV jections 22. vand 2`lthe`reof, willthereby ens-- Agage the arm 20 which is correspondingly in a guidegroove 31 thereof, the projections `lori 22 and 23 being eshereinb'cfore described.r

The' said slide, moreover', is similarly under the 'action of e spring32 et one end and secured et the other end by ineens of a, cord 33 :orthe like to the base member 1l of the bel lows.' A very simple, compactund eifective mechanism isA hereby afforded for a positive lcontrolofthe sound emitted; end, moreover,

thesame issnilicientlysubstential to Withstend the usual rough treatmentencountered bytoys inv which such mechanism is employed. i

1.1Sound controlling devicev for talking toys, comprising: e reed pipeor the like provided with en orifice, end e suitable bel'- lows carryingsaid reed pipe ond adopted to operate the sume; a flap controlling saidorilice; an ermextending from seid liep; and

' e slideble member actuated as the bellows is compressed and adapted tocooperate with the seid erm to open the liep.'

2. Sound controlling vdevice for talking toys, comprising: a' reed pipeor the like provided with an orifice, end n suitable bellows carryingseid reed pipe end adapted to operato the seme; a spring pressed flapnor :nelly closing seid oriiceg" an arm extending from seid' Hep; end eslidable memberl octunted as the bellows is compressed and edeptiap. A3. Sound controlling device for talking toys, comprising: a reed pipe orthe like provided with an orifice, and e suitublebellows carryingsaidreed pipe and adapted to operete thesame; e spring pressed Hep-normally closing said'orifce; an erm extending toys, com rising: a. ree

ed to cooperate with the said arm to open the from said liep te springdravvn slide connected et one end to one member'ofthe bellows and etthevother end to the other member said arm' to open the flap. A

.4. Sound` controllin A device for talking 'ipe or the like provided Witenv orifice, an va. suitable bellow! carrying seid reed pipe and adat toopy P nQ' crete the same; a spring presse molly closing scid orifice; anarm extending from said Hap; aV spring drawn vslide connected 'at oneend to one member of the bellows and et the other end to the othermemthereof and adapted to cooperate with the .v

ber thereof, seid slide being .provided with one or more projectionsadeptedto coperate with the said arm to open the flap. i

5. Sound controlling device for vtalking toys, comprising: a, reed pipeor the like ro'- vided with en orifice, and a Asuitable bel ows vcarrying solid reed" pipe and adapted 'toopf vcrete .the same; c springpressed flap normally closing seid orifice; an arm extending fromseidflop a' slide provided with one or more projections adoptedt-ocoperat'e With-'I seid erm to open the flap; aiispring connect-y ed toone end of Suid slide und to the movfj;

able member of the bellows; ande non-'rigid'A member connectedto theother lend of said slide and to the base memberof said lows.

Signed at Nev'varkl, in the county of Ami ser@ of New Jrsqmhis in.ny-rus` October, A, 1)..41914?.A

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